Department: Slavic Languages and Literatures
Contacts
Office: Building 260, Rooms 127-128
Mail Code: 94305- 2006
Phone: (650) 723-4438
Email: slavic@stanford.edu
Web Site: Slavic Languages and Literatures
Courses offered by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures are listed on the Stanford Bulletin's ExploreCourses web site under the subject codes SLAVIC (Slavic Studies), and SLAVLANG (Slavic Language).
The department supports coordinated study of Slavic and East European languages, literature, literary and cultural history, theory, and criticism; our teaching focuses on works of verbal art by people associated with the Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, former Yugoslav, and Yiddish traditions, broadly construed. . The department's programs may also be combined with the programs in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Jewish Studies, Film Studies, Drama, International Relations, Stanford's Overseas Studies, the Special Languages Program, and other programs. The department is a part of the Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages.
A full undergraduate program provides a choice of several tracks leading to a B.A. (with a major or a minor) or to a B.A. with Honors. The department offers a full graduate program leading to an M.A. in Russian and a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures. Stanford undergraduates are eligible to apply to the department for a coterminal B.A./M.A. degree. Students in the department's Ph.D. program are required to choose among minor programs in other national literatures, linguistics, Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Jewish Studies, art and music history, theater, or film studies; or they may design their own minor or choose the related field option.
The department runs a colloquium series, which brings distinguished speakers to Stanford; organizes international conferences and symposia; and since 1987 maintains a continuing publication series, Stanford Slavic Studies. Along with the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, the department offers qualified undergraduates summer grants (on a competitive basis) for intensive language instruction in accredited programs abroad and in the U.S.
Improving cultural understanding is a critical part of the department's mission, and the department offers a full range of courses at all levels devoted to Slavic and East European literature, music and visual arts that do not require specialized knowledge, as well as advanced research seminars for graduate students. The undergraduate program has attracted students seeking careers in journalism, business, international relations, law, medicine, and human rights, as well as academia.
Stanford students of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies benefit from unmatched faculty resources. Green Library and the Hoover Institution libraries and archives hold world-renowned Slavic and East European collections, which undergraduates and graduate students use in their research. Department students master difficult languages and rich literary traditions , and are rewarded by gaining entry into an array of interlinked cultures that defined major trends in the past century and plays an increasingly significant role in the world today.
Mission of the Undergraduate Program in Slavic Languages and Literatures
The mission of the undergraduate program in Slavic Language and Literatures is to expose students to a variety of perspectives on Slavic languages, histories, cultures, literatures, and traditions of philosophical thought. The program offers three tracks. Courses in the Russian Language and Literature track focus on the linguistic and philological study of literature. The Russian Studies track guides students through a comprehensive interdisciplinary study of Russian literature and culture in historic context. The Russian and Philosophy track provides students with a background in the Russian language and literary tradition with emphasis on philosophical approaches to literature and intellectual history.Slavic Theme House
Faculty in Slavic Languages and Literatures
Director: Monika Greenleaf
Chair of Graduate Studies: Gabriella Safran
Chair of Undergraduate Studies: Yuliya Ilchuk
Professors: Lazar Fleishman, Gabriella Safran
Associate Professor: Monika Greenleaf
Assistant Professors: Yuliya Ilchuk, Dominick Lawton
Courtesy Professor: Nancy Ruttenburg
Emeriti (Professors): Gregory Freidin, Richard D. Schupbach